There are a lot of movies that I don't care about, especially not remakes.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

Fish that boast in a pond should not boast in the ocean.

Most disease is lifestyle related and preventable

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

I've wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing.

It's really not important what my personal life is.

If you do enough small things right, big things can happen

The women of the United States are nothing but brood sows, having sons to be put into the army and made into fertilizer.

I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until much later.

I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained always.

I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.